> Licensing/copyrighting encouraged people to think up of new things, and new ways of doing something.
I don't think this has been true since the copyright acts extended copyright from a max of 28 years to a minimum of 70 years + life of the author (or 95 years for corporations). I think this is kind of the inevitable conclusion of such absurd length copyright.
Copyright is no longer used as a grace period and reward for innovation, it's a tool for corporations to hoard and restrict IP. A core aspect of human creativity is building off other things and things you grew up with, but now people have zero chance of seeing ANYTHING created in their lifetime entering the public domain.
This is an inevitable rebellion to the situation these laws put us in.
I don't think this has been true since the copyright acts extended copyright from a max of 28 years to a minimum of 70 years + life of the author (or 95 years for corporations). I think this is kind of the inevitable conclusion of such absurd length copyright.
Copyright is no longer used as a grace period and reward for innovation, it's a tool for corporations to hoard and restrict IP. A core aspect of human creativity is building off other things and things you grew up with, but now people have zero chance of seeing ANYTHING created in their lifetime entering the public domain.
This is an inevitable rebellion to the situation these laws put us in.